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Flights in and out of Bremen and Hamburg have resumed Wednesday afternoon, after German air traffic control agency said the ash level was “no longer critical”.

Berlin was the last major centre to re-open its airspace, at 1400 CET.

It came after Germany closed its northern airspace Wednesday morning after volcanic ash entered its airspace.

Berlin’s Tegel and Schönefeld airports closed at 11am CET after Bremen and Hamburg had closed earlier, a spokesman for Eurocontrol, the Continent’s air traffic management agency said. Both airports opened later and Eurocontrol said there were no other flight restrictions in Europe.

German aviation regulators said unsafe ash levels required the closure of some airspace Wednesday morning.